Water conservation and use is a highly pertinent issue in today’s
world as many countries are facing or expected to face high water risks
within this decade. Thus understanding and monitoring water usage can
prove to be crucial to institute and implement apt policies to combat
risk posed by water shortages. This project seeks to extract and map
these trends in water use across the globe using AQAUSTAT database
maintained by the UN FAO.
The graph below displays the total water withdrawal per capita across countries in 2019.(For the final version I am working on animating the map to display transition over time.)
Over the years, water use per capita has shown significant decreases or plateauing in the 10 largest economies. United States and Canada still remain the highest consumers of water resources over the 20 year period in question.
The graph below displays this breakdwon of water use by sector within
th largest economies. It is immediately apparent that countires with
higher industrialization have higher water use in the industrial sector.
Similarly, countries that are largely dependent on agricultural sector
portray high water use in that sector.